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Super fund suing Slater & Gordon looks to join Allegro Funds
Corporate 2023-08-11 11:53 am By Sam Matthews

A self-managed superannuation that has taken Slater & Gordon to court over the acquisition of its shares in the firm by Allegro Funds is seeking to join the private equity firm to the proceeding.

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Seven refused extension for handing over emails with Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyers
Defamation 2023-08-11 1:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Kerry Stokes and Seven Network have lost their bid for an extension to produce 8,600 emails exchanged between the media company and Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyers in Fairfax’s bid for costs in defending the defamation case over alleged war crimes 

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Hyundai, Kia class actions transfer bid should precede beauty parade: courts
Class Actions 2023-08-10 2:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two courts have ruled that in competing class actions against Hyundai and Kia over allegedly faulty anti-lock braking systems, a plaintiff’s bid to transfer one of the cases from Victoria to the Federal Court should precede a carriage fight, deeming it the “straightforward” option. 

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Facing new indictment over hotel quarantine, Victoria wants class action defence kept secret
Class Actions 2023-08-10 2:36 pm By Sam Matthews

The state of Victoria is making a bid to suppress its defence in a class action brought over the 2020 hotel quarantine fiasco, as it faces a “substantially altered” indictment in a related criminal proceeding.

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Penalty privilege can’t be used to dodge production of books
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-08-10 12:49 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that penalty privilege cannot be used to avoid the production of books under the Corporation Act.

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Judge rejects latest pleading in plastic surgery class action
Class Actions 2023-08-10 10:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has directed a class action on behalf of 1,000 patients of Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates to have another go at articulating claims that Lanzer’s clinic should be liable for allegedly ‘horrific’ complications. 

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GCO gives AAI class action members ‘simplicity, transparency’: judge
Class Actions 2023-08-09 3:03 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has signed off on a 25 per cent group costs order in a class action against Suncorp subsidiary AAI, after accepting that the back-up plan of law firm Maurice Blackburn was not artificially uncertain.

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Dispute over barrister’s fee estimates goes to High Court
Business of Law 2023-08-09 10:00 pm By Sam Matthews

A barrister is taking a dispute over his $320,000 bill to the High Court, but a judge has cast doubt on the appeal’s prospects of success.

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Class action wants Deloitte report into Optus data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-08-09 1:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action against Optus over a cyberattack that left the data of up to 10 million customers exposed is seeking access to an independent report prepared by Deloitte into the causes of the hack.

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Judge warns against blanket confidentiality claims in settlement approval applications
Class Actions 2023-08-08 1:41 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge asked to approve a settlement in a class action against retirement village provider Aveo has sent a shot across the bow to law firms seeking to make broad confidentiality claims over the settlement, saying such claims should be kept “to a minimum” in class actions.

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